After 50 Years of Surrealism
With the series After 50 Years of Surrealism, Salvador Dalí illustrated his own life on the occasion of the opening of his museum Teatro Museo Gala Dalí in Figueras, Spain.
Pater Noster
From the 1950s, Dalí devoted himself to religious themes in his artworks more and more.
Pater Noster illustrates probably the most famous Christian prayer "Our Father".
New Mythology Suite
Salvador Dalí quoted in the Suite Mythologique Nouvelle paintings of the old masters from Germany, France and Italy.
In this way, the universal genius Dalí is not only competing with these Renaissance artists but also shows his deep knowledge of art history within this series.
Ten Recipes for Immortality
This series was published under the French title Dix Recettes de l'immortatlité. It contains, among other things, the first stereoscopic graphic in art history. All single works were originally contained in a special plexiglas case designed by Dalí, which has a telephone receiver as a handle and locks in the form of fried eggs.
Les Amours Jaunes
Dalís ten dry point etchings with gold overlay illustrate the poems "Les Amours Jaunes" of Tristan Corbière. The technique Dalí developed to refine the image into ornament with 24 carat gold dust makes this work a sought-after collector's item. The gold serves to emphasize the erotic components and to glamorise voyeurism which are contained in Corbières poems.
Tristan and Iseult
The medieval story of Tristan and Iseult is about a tragic love story in a love triangle. In general, Dalí was often inspired by the theme of love to create art works.
Faust, Walpurgis Night
Dalí's Faust illustrations are based on the famous French translation by Goethe’s younger contemporary Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855). The textual passages illustrated by Dalí mostly involve dark, magical-seeming passages.
Alice in Wonderland
In 1969 a luxurious edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland was published by Random House in New York. Dalí illustrated the work, which is dedicated to a circle of bibliophiles, with 13 colourful images.